Sleeve-holder fastener



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y v- H. P. NISSEN SLEEVE HOLDER FASTENER *Filed March 13,11926 IN VEN TOR.

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Patented Mar. 22, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SLEEVE-HOLDER FASTENER.

Application filed March 13, 1326. Serial No. 94,439.

This invention relates to sleeve holders and particularly pertains to a fastener for a sleeve holding device employed in yieldably retaining the cuff of the sleeve in any desired position on the arm, which device is described and claimed in my copend1ng application entitled sleeve holder, filed November 3, 1925, Ser. No. 66,445. c

This prior device comprises an elastic member having hook means at opposite ends for detachably connecting it to the opposite halves of the snap type of cuff buttons. 1When the cuff is in use, the device is coneealed within the cuff and does not interfere with the operation of the buttons. When the cuff is opened and folded back upon the sleeve, the elastic member is placed under tension so that the cuff will yieldably grip the arm to hold the cuff and sleeve in any desired position thereon. Tn this manner the cuff may be raised and retained above the elbow without rolling the sleeve.

It is the principal object of the present invention to provide a generally improved fastener for devices of the character referred to which fastener is simple and inexpensive to manufacture, and will adapt itself for use in connection with cuff buttons of various different sizes.

One form which the invention may assume is exemplified in the following description and illustrated by way of example in the accoi'npanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a view of a slee-Ve holder with my improved fastener applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a view of the fastener when blanked from a sheet of metal.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of the fastener disclosing the manner in which it engages a cuff button.

Referring more particularly to the accompanying drawings, 10 indicates a sleeve holder comprising a strip of elastic material 11 having fasteners 12 disposed at op- This sleeve holder is particularly adapted for use vin connection with the snap type of cuff buttons, which are made in halves having male and female means for frictionally connecting them. Each half of this type of cuff button is formed of a pair of spaced collars joined by a round shank, which is smaller in diameter than the collars. It is to these halves of the button that the fasteners 12 are adapted to connect.

When the cuiT of a sleeve is disposed in normal position with the cu button halves connected and with the fasteners 12 en* gaged with the button, the elastic portion 11 of the device will be concealed within the cuff. Yhe-n it is desired to raise the cuffl on the arm for any reason, the cuff button halves are disconnected and the cuff is folded back upon the sleeve. This is accomplished without disengaging the sleeve holding de vice 10 from the opposite halves of the cuff button.

When the cuff is folded over the sleeve, the elastic portion 11 of the device will be placed under tension so that the cuff will yieldably grip the arm. It is with the construction of the fasteners 12 that the present application is particularly concerned.

The fasteners 12 are formed from sheets of material by die-stamping or otherwise. The material used may be of any spring material, but. T prefer, however, to use German snver.

EachV fastener is formed with a hook portion 14 having a semi-circular recess 15 for engaging the shank 16 of a button. The hook portion 14 extends outwardly from the body portion 17 of the fastener. Arranged adjacent the hook portion is a spring finger 1S which is integrally connected as at 19 to the side of the fastener opposite the hook. This spring finger 18 is arcuate and extends to a point closely adjacent to the inner corner of the semi-circular recess 15 of the hook.

The material between the springl finger and the body portion 17 is cut-away to form a recess 20, so that the spring finger may move toward the body portion. The free end of the spring` finger 18 terminates short of the recessl 15 and slightly toward its center, so as to obstruct to a certa-in extent the throat of the hook. l,Vhen the fastener is engaged with the cylindrical shank 16 of the cuff butto-n, the free end of the spring finger 18 is moved inwardly toward the body portion 17, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, and its end will engage the periphery of the shank 16 at a point beyond its center, thereby yicldably retaining the fastener in place on the button.

To connect the fastener to the strip of elastic material, the body portion 17 thereof is formed with tabs 21 which extend from opposite sides of the body portion. When the fastener is to be connected with the elastic strip, these tabs 2l are bent over upon the iody portion 17 and clamped to the elastic strip, as shown in Figs. l and 3.

Froin the vforegoing it is obvious that I have provided a very simple and inexpensive :tastener for sleeve holders, which inay be manufactured in quantities an extremely low cost, and which will act efficiently in connecting a sleeve holder to a cuit button.

Yvlhile lY have shown the preferred forni of iny invention, it is to be understood that various changes may be made in its construction by those skilled in the art Without departing 'troni the spirit ot the invention, as defined in the appended claims.

i-laving thus described my invention, what l claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A fastener for sleeve holders comprising a body portion having ineans at one end for connecting it to an elastic strip, a hook projecting from the opposite end or' the body portion and located at one side thereof, said hook having a semi-circular recess for receiving the shank oi' a cuii1 button, said hook being arranged at an angle to the longitudi-v nal center line ot t ie bot y portion, a. spring linger integrally connected at one end to the side ot the body portion opposite the hook and at the saine end of the body portion as the hook, said spring finger extending trans'- versely to a point short ot the inner side of the recess of the hook and partly obstructing the same.

2. A fastener for sleeve holders compris'- ing a body portion having ineans at one end for connecting it to an elastic strip, a. hook projecting from the opposite end of the body portion at one side thereof, said hook being arranged at an angle to the longitudinal center ot the body portion, a spring finger formed integral With the body portion at the side" thei'eet opposite the hoolr and at the saine yend as the hook, said spring finger being formed slightly arcuate and extending substantially transversely of the body portion at a spaced distance therefrom, the tree end or said hook terminating short ot the inner edge of the recess and partly obstructing said recess.

3.- A fastener for sleeve holders comprising a body portion having a hooi: project ing trein one end thereof, said hook being arranged at an angle to the longitudinal center of the body portion, a spring finger f formed integral with the body portion at the side thereof opposite the hook and at the saine end as the hook, said spring finger being formed slightly arcuate and extending substantially transversely of the body portion at a spaced distance therefrom,` the free end o'l' said hook terminating short of the inner edge of the recess and partly obstructing said recess, ineans at the opposite end of the body portionfor connecting the fastener to an elastic strip, said ineens comprising tabs 'orrned integral With the body portion and extending outwardly troni opposite sides thereof, said tabs being adapted to be bent upon the body portion to clamp the saine to the elastic strip.

HARRY P. NISSEN. 

